Improvement in cuff-holders



C. LEVY 80 H. HIRSCH.

CUFF-HOLDER. No'.176,185. Patented Apr i118, 1876.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES LEVY AND HERMAN HIRSCH, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

IMPROVEMENT IN CUFF-HOLDERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 176, [85, dated April 18, 1876; application filed February 28, 1876.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, CHARLES LEVY and HERMAN HIRSCH. of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois,have invented a new and useful Improvement in Cufi-Holders; and we do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to which our invention appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the ac companying drawing, forming part of this specificati n, in which- Figure 1 represents a perspective view of a cuft' with our improvedholder attached thereto, showing the manner of securing the cuff to the sleeve; and Fig.2 represents a plan view of the holder detached.

Like letters of reference indicate like parts.

The object of our invention is to provide a cheap and reliable means of fastening cuffs to the sleeves of the dress or other garment, so as to prevent them from being moved against the hand by the movement of the arm, and so as to permit of their being readily removed; and our invention consists in the combination, with a safety-pin so adjusted as to admit of being secured to the sleeve of the garment, of a metallic loop, through which the button passes, provided with a compression-spring adapted to bear against the shank of the button, whereby the same is heldwithin the loop, as will be more fully understood from the following description.

In the drawing A represents the sleeve, and B the cufl, which is made in the usual manner, and having its side edges, nearest the hand, connected by any'suitable cuff-button,a. C is the stud as commonly used for connecting the edges of the cult at the side nearest the sleeve. D is a metallic plate or loop, provided at one end with an eye, d, through which the head of the stud can freely pass, and with an elongated mortise, e, communicating with the eye at, and extending to a point near the opposite end of the plate, as shown in Fig.2. The diameter of the mortise e exceeds the diameter of the spindle or body of the stud,-

the head of the stud through the eye d. F is a safety-pin in common use, one end of which is so attached to the end of loop D as to allow it to freely turn on its connecting-point, and is so arranged at its opposite end as to admit of its being readily secured to the sleeve of the garment. G is an adjustingspring attached at one end to the loop, at a point near its connection with the pin, and is secured at its opposite end, so as to extend partly across the mortise, as shown in Fig. 2. The end of the mortise opposite to the eye is slightly onlarged, so .as to allow the spindle of the stud to move freely therein; and the shape of the spring is such as to hold the spindle therein when the spring is in its normal position.

In using our said device the cuff is first secured around the wrist in the usual manner. The pin is then secured to the sleeve of the garment, and the head of the stud passes through the eye in the loop and moved toward the hand, thereby causing the spindle of the stud to pass the curved part of the spring when the cuff is securld.

By means of our said device the cnfi can be secured to the sleeve at any desired distance from the hand andsecurely-held in position. It obviates the necessity of using common pins by which to pin the cuff to the sleeve, and hence does not soil the end of the cuff in contact with the sleeve, and permits of the cuff being turned end for end, and again worn, after the outer end of the cuff has become soiled from use. It is also readily and easily adjusted.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination, with the safety-pin F, of the metallic loop D, adapted to receive the shank of the cuff-button, and provided with the spring G, substantially as and for the purpose specifiedr CHARLES LEVY. HERMAN HIRSCH.

Witnesses N. G. GRIDLEY, N. H. SHEEBURNE. 

